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Japanese Americans have been returning to their ancestorial homeland for years as a form of return migration. [1] With a history of being racially discriminated against, the anti-immigration actions the United States government forced onto Japan, and the eventual internment of Japanese Americans (immigrants and citizens alike), return migration was often seen as a better alternative.
Japanese Americans (Japanese: 日系アメリカ人) are Americans of Japanese ancestry. Japanese Americans were among the three largest Asian American ethnic communities during the 20th century; but, according to the 2000 census, they have declined in ranking to constitute the sixth largest Asian American group at around 1,469,637, including those of partial ancestry.
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Baseball is a major historical American export to Japan, where it is now the most popular sport. [183] The sport played a meaningful role in helping Japanese and American citizens and diasporas to integrate with each other; for example, Japanese Americans played the game while interned during World War II as a way to show their enduring ...
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Yoshiko Miwa, at 110 years old, is the oldest living American person of Japanese descent and shares the things that have allowed her to live such a long life.
The list includes Issei (一世, "first generation") Japanese-born immigrants from Japan, and those who are multigenerational Japanese Americans.Cities considered to have significant Japanese American populations are large U.S. cities or municipalities with a critical mass of at least 1.0% of the total urban population; medium-sized cities with a critical mass of at least 2.0% of the total ...
The Japanese American National Museum, based upon a collaborative project that involved more than 100 scholars from 10 countries, has defined Nikkei as follows: We are talking about Nikkei people - Japanese emigrants and their descendants who have created communities throughout the world. The term Nikkei has multiple and diverse meanings ...